From rockets to the real world
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NASA and the Maritime Administration agreed Tuesday to transfer the agency’s solid rocket booster recovery ship, “Liberty Star,” to the National Defense Reserve Fleet for use as a training vessel at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. During the 30-year space shuttle program, Liberty Star and its sister ship, Freedom Star, retrieved the side-mounted rockets to be refurbished and reused after they landed in the Atlantic Ocean. Liberty Star also towed shuttle external tanks from New Orleans to Kennedy Space Center, took part in Orion crew module recovery tests and helped track the launch of the first commercial spacecraft to fly to the space station.
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2012-08-21 19:42:18
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